Anderson and Oberholtzer defeated Jesse Korovin and Justin Patel of Livingston, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, to become the first boys doubles team in school history to win the title at the NJSIAA/USTA/New Balance Doubles Tournament on Thursday at Mercer County Park in West Windsor.

"It's awesome," Anderson, a senior captain, said. "All season what I really wanted to do was win my last match of the season and it happened. It's a great way to go out. Sam’s a great partner to play with."

A big step toward the title came when Anderson and Oberholzer, a sophomore, beat Millburn's Evan Imegwu and Keith Knopp in the semifinals Wednesday. Imegwu was part of the state doubles championship team last year and the Haddonfield duo had lost to a Millburn team in each of the past two tournaments.

"This is something we don’t take for granted," Haddonfield coach Jeff Holman said. "Whenever your the first to do something that’s obviously a special achievement. Isaak has always gotten to the later stages of at the tournament but could never get over the hump. He lost to Millburn the last couple of years with two different partners, and beating them yesterday was huge, especially psychologically."

The eventually champions dominated the first set with an aggressive style of play, forcing Livingston to play a sloppy set. Anderson and Oberholtzer became more passive in the second set, while Patel and Korovin increased their intensity offensively.

Livingston won the second set because of its aggressive style, but the Haddonfield duo controlled the third. Oberholtzer and Anderson stalked the net, putting constant pressure on their opponents, which resulted in their last nine points coming from errors on the last score of each game.

"We just lost a little bit of focus, we got a little tentative and we saw that they were missing, so we thought that we could just keep the ball in and win, but that wasn’t the case," Anderson said. "They are a good team, so we had to pick it back up in the third set, start being aggressive and that ended up working out for us."

Anderson has been a four-year starter at doubles and probably would have been moved up to singles this season if not for an early case of mononucleosis.

"It's especially big because this could be my last team match in a long time, since I’m not playing at school next year," said Anderson, who plans to attend Georgetown. "So it was awesome to win this tournament for us and for our coach and it was just one great end to my last high school year. I can leave happy, it just feels awesome."

Oberholtzer will likely be moved up to singles next season.

"We’re lucky to have each other as partners and friends and I’ll miss him when he’s gone next year," Oberholtzer said. "It just feels incredible to win it this year and I’m glad I could help Isaak leave like this and make this doubles team one of the best ever."